Middle East
ADNOC opens fueling facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport
ABU DHABI — Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), with its subsidiary company ADNOC Distribution, hosted an official opening ceremony for its new “North Depot” aviation fuel facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Emerson, Aramco sign agreement to collaborate on digital transformation
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Emerson signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Aramco during the recently held Saudi-US CEO Forum in Riyadh. The agreement signed by David N. Farr, Emerson’s chairman and chief executive officer and Amin H. Nasser, Saudi Aramco President and CEO, will help bring advanced digitization and automation technologies to one of the leading energy and chemicals companies.
Strike ends at Israeli oil refinery Paz
TEL AVIV (Reuters) — Workers at Israel's Paz Oil on Monday ended their strike that had shut down the refinery in the city of Ashdod after labor and management agreed in principle to a new collective labor contract.
Crude oil, fuel shipping costs from Qatar set to rise on port ban
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — The costs to ship fuel and crude oil from Qatar are expected to rise after the United Arab Emirates banned vessels that previously called at Qatar from docking at UAE ports, multiple sources from the oil and shipping sectors said on Monday.
Oil comeback for cut-exempt producers threatens to swamp OPEC
LONDON (Reuters) — OPEC's battle against an oil glut is under threat as unsold crude from members Nigeria and Libya, which are exempt from a global production-cutting deal, is swamping the Atlantic Basin.
Oil shrugs off geopolitical tensions but some see red flags
LONDON (Reuters) — The oil price has ignored rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, as a three-year old crude surplus has wiped out any real fear over supply, but one of the world's largest security consultants says there are red flags the market cannot ignore.
Platts restricts Qatari-loading crude in pricing process
SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) — Oil pricing agency S&P Global Platts said it will not automatically include Qatari-loading crude in its Middle East benchmark after Saudi Arabia and some other Arab states cut ties with Doha, a move that disrupted traditional shipping routes.
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Industry Metrics
US gasoline demand increased with the shift to summer fuels and higher export opportunities to Latin America.
Industry Perspectives: The digitalization of the downstream industry
The digitalization of the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) is in full swing. Numerous companies have created, and are optimizing, digital technologies to improve plant operations, increase energy efficiency and lower costs.
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